Some really dig it and others frown. I think a terrific AFD gag would be to build up this enormous deal and then have Drew forget to do whatever it was.
Sounds a lot like the 10,000 gag last year, which I seemed to love more than most.
The whole problem with the "10,000 gag" (as far as I was concerned, anyway) was that they spent the whole show building it up just for it to end with absolutely zero payoff. Both showcases had cars... I was expecting the gag to be saying the winner won the 10,000th car given away on the show, unfurling a banner, dropping balloons and confetti and making it seem like a much bigger deal than it really was. And unless you're a Fremantle employee or Zach Horan, you can only estimate exactly how many cars TPiR has given away in roughly 7,000 shows.
(Granted, it still wouldn't have been
funny, mind you, but it still would've been a much better ending for all the buildup than "Well, the 10,000 thing didn't happen, sorry, bye.")